The Idea of a Catholic College:Charism, Curricula, and Community

King’s College, PA,September 19-20, 2014

Friday, September 19

Registration and continental breakfast7:30 a.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor

2014-2015 Basil Moreau Lecture8:30-10:00 a.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Snyder Room

Welcome Bernard Prusak, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, King’s College

Introduction John Ryan, C.S.C., President, King’s College

Address “The Challenge and Promise of Catholic Higher Education for Our Time” John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame

The Moreau Lectures Series, sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross at King’s, brings renowned theologians and philosophers to the King’s campus to address issues of social justice, ethics, and Catholic identity. Father Jenkins is the 36th speaker in the history of the Moreau Lectures Series, which is named in honor of Blessed Father Basil Anthony Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Panel on Catholic mission and core curricula10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor,Snyder Room

Daniel O. Dahlstrom, John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy, Boston University; President, American Catholic Philosophical Association, 2013-2014

Patricia O’Connell Killen, Professor of Religious Studies and Academic Vice President, Gonzaga University

Mark Roche, Reverend Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German

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Language and Literature and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame; Dean, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, 1997-2008

Moderator: Daniel Issing, C.S.C., Associate Professor of Theology, King’s College

Lunch12:15-1:15 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor

Contributed papers1:30-3:00 p.m.

Session A: Mindfulness, agrarianism, biologySheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Lipo RoomChair: Janice Thompson, Associate Professor of Theology and Chair, Department of Theology, King’s College

“Mindfulness in an Age of Digital Distraction: The Value of Catholic Values in Higher Education Today” Conor Kelly, Ph.D. candidate, Theological ethics, Boston College

“Catholic Higher Education and the Renewal of Agrarianism” Elizabeth Groppe, Associate Professor of Theology, Xavier University

“Infusing Franciscan Values into a Senior Biology Capstone Course” Kathleen A. Nolan, Professor of Biology, St. Francis College

Session B: The role of philosophySheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 109Chair: Robin Field, Associate Professor of English and Director, Women’s Studies Program, King’s College

“Newman, Philosophy, and the Catholic College” Jonathan Sanford, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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“Philosophy, Theology and the Core Curriculum: A Case Study at the University of St. Thomas, or, A View from the Trenches” Stephen J. Laumakis, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Aquinas Scholars Honors Program, University of St. Thomas

“Does Philosophy Still Deserve a Special Role in Catholic Higher Education?” Gregory Bassham, Professor of Philosophy, King’s College

Session C: Perceptions and measurement of Catholic identitySheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 117Chair: Beth Admiraal, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science, King’s College

“Student Perceptions of Catholic Identity” Jason King, Associate Professor of Theology, and Andrew R. Herr, Associate Professor of Economics, Saint Vincent College

“The Idea of a Catholic College Found in Mission Perception” Ellen Boylan, Director of Planning and Institutional Research, and Suzanne Crockett, Graduate Assistant in the Office of Planning and Institutional Research, Marywood University

“The Idea of a Catholic College: Can It Be Measured?” Timothy J. Collins, Chief Government Relations Officer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Panel on Catholic education andprofessional programs3:30-5:00 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Snyder Room

James Donahue, President, Saint Mary’s College of California; President and Professor of Ethics, Graduate Theological Union, 2000-2013

Patricia Maurice, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Kevin Quinn, S.J., President, University of Scranton

Moderators: Margarita Rose, Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, and Barry Williams, Professor of Accounting and Dean, William G. McGowan School of Business, King’s College

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Reception6:30 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor

Banquet7:15-9:00 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor

Welcome Joan Blewitt, Associate Professor of Management, William G. McGowan School of Business, King’s College

Address Barbara McCrabb, Assistant Director for Higher Education, Secretariat of Catholic Education, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Saturday, September 20

Continental breakfast7:30 a.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor

Contributed papers8:30-10:00 a.m.

Session A: Communicating the missionSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Lipo RoomChair: Denise Reboli, Professor of Education and Chair, Department of Education, King’s College

“Commitment to Mission: Faculty Mission Academies at Cabrini College” Jeff P. Gingerich, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Beverly Bryde, Dean for Education; Mary H. Harris, Interim Dean for Academic Affairs; Jerry Zurek, Professor of Communication; and Nicholas Rademacher, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Cabrini College

“Catholic Identity at Villanova University” Barbara Wall, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Vice President for Mission and Ministry, Villanova University

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Session B: Tradition and visionSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 109Chair: Thomas Looney, C.S.C., Director of Campus Ministry and Chaplain, King’s College

“The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and American Catholic Higher Education” Alexander R. Eodice, Professor of Philosophy, Iona College

“The Idea of a Catholic College: Has Our Effort at Post-Vatican II Renewal Betrayed the Founding Vision?” David Gentry-Akin, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Mary’s College of California “Could We Educate the Whole Person Online? Catholic Pedagogical Principles and Online Education” Jonathan Malesic, Associate Professor of Theology and Director, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, King’s College

Session C: Catholic identity, culture, and imaginationSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 117Chair: Laurie Sterling, Professor of English, King’s College

“Identity and the Catholic University: Culture or Epistemology?” Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Director, Catholic Studies Program, Georgetown University

“Institution or Love Story? The Catholic Imagination and the Heart of College Identity” Michael P. Murphy, Director, Catholic Studies, Loyola University Chicago

“A Catholic Campus in Reflective Action: Annual Day on Catholic Identity and Teaching” Christine De Vinne, O.S.U., Vice President for Academic Affairs, Notre Dame of Maryland University

Session D: Franciscan traditions and new horizons of Catholic social teachingSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 115Chair: Paul Lamore, Associate Professor of Management, William G. McGowan School of Business, and Director, 3 + 2 Engineering Dual-Degree Program, King’s College

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“The Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Core Program That Is Distinctively Catholic in the Franciscan Tradition” Patricia Hutchison, O.S.F., Director, Neumann Institute for Franciscan Studies, Neumann University

“Higher Education and Spiritual Identity at Catholic, Franciscan Institutions: Strategies of Good Practice for Non-academic Practitioners” Matthew Goodwin, Director of Student Affairs, and Sean Lansing, Director of Mission Engagement, Cardinal Stritch University

“Towards a Greener Earth” Anna Minore, Associate Professor of Theology, King’s College

Contributed papers10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Session A: Charism and mission in the classroom and outSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Lipo RoomChair: Bill Bolan, Director, Shoval Center, King’s College

“The Difference Charism Makes to Civic Development and Community Engagement: Curricular and Co-curricular Reflections” Luci-Jo DiMaggio, Assistant Director, Spiritan Campus Ministry; Lina Dostilio, Director of Academic Community Engagement; and Darlene Fozard Weaver, Director, Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Duquesne University

“Mission Integration in Athletics” Lee DelleMonache, Director, and Claire Devine, Coordinator of Internal Programming, Institute for Sport, Spirituality, and Character Development, Neumann University

Session B: Style and substance in Catholic educationSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 109Chair: Regan Lance Reitsma, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, Honors Program, King’s College

“Proof, Persuasion, and Prophecy in a Catholic College” George Dennis O’Brien, President Emeritus, University of Rochester

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“Pope Francis and the Idea of a Catholic College” Joseph Curran, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University, and Executive Director, Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania

“Theological Reflections on Interdisciplinarity” Brian R.E. Peterson, Faculty, Trinity School at Greenlawn

Session C: Theology then and nowSheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 117Chair: Joel Shuman, Professor of Theology, King’s College

“God Talk across and in between the Boundaries of Traditions” Mara Brecht, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, St. Norbert College

“Pre-Christian Classics in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition” Kim Paffenroth, Professor of Religious Studies, Iona College

“The Forgotten Virtues of the Theology Manuals” Christopher M. Carr, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

Session D: Questions of facultySheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 1st Floor, Room 115Chair: Neal Bukeavich, Associate Professor of English and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, King’s College

“Mission-Driven Hiring in the Contemporary Catholic University” Alfred G. Mueller II, Dean, Division of Arts and Sciences, Neumann University

“Catholic Faculty: The Tertium Quid of the Renewal of Catholic Identity” James F. Keating, Associate Professor of Theology, Providence College

“The Mission Community: Nurturing the Congregational Charism and the Curricula of the Catholic College” John R. Wilcox, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Manhattan College

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Lunch12:15-1:15 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor

Panel on co-curricular education andstudent life 1:30-3:00 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Snyder Room

Karen Eifler, Professor of Education, School of Education, and Co-director of the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture, University of Portland

Marie George, President, Cabrini College, 2008-2013

Charles Gordon, C.S.C., Co-director of the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture, University of Portland

Lisa Kirkpatrick, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, St. Edward’s University

Moderator: Jennifer McClinton-Temple, Professor of English and Chair, Department of English, King’s College

Cornelius Plantinga (Senior Research Fellow, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship; President Emeritus, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2000-2011; Dean of the Chapel, Calvin College, 1996-2001) was to participate in this panel discussion, but had to withdraw. He has nonetheless submitted his paper for discussion.

Closing liturgy4:00 p.m., Chapel of Christ the King, J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center

Presider: John Ryan, C.S.C., President, King’s College

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